Species: Evermannia erici, Eric's goby
translucent, sparse black dots
D IV + I, 15
D edge black
D edge black
C: top border & lower 1/3 dark
shoulder: 1 flap
A: clear base, black stripe, white margin
few scales
few scales
Evermannia erici Bussing, 1983
Eric's goby
Body slender, elongate; head long, depressed; 1 pore between eyes; papillae on cheek and gill cover; top jaw extends well past eye; dorsal fin IV (1st spine not elongate in male) + I, 15; anal 13 rays; 1 long flexible skin flap on shoulder in front of base of pectoral fin; tail fin long, rounded; scales - smooth, few, minute, imbedded, non-overlapping.
Translucent, sparse black dots on head and upper body; tail fin - top border and lower 1/3 dark; anal fin - base clear, a medial black band, white margin; dorsal fin - tips of spines black, soft part clear, with outer 3/4 of rays black.
Size: 3 cm.
Habitat: intertidal sandy beaches, in burrows.
Depth: 0-4 m.
Costa Rica.
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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Non Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Soft bottom only
- Estuary
- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continental TEP endemic
- Panamic province endemic
- TEP endemic
- All species
- Continent
- Continent only
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Data deficient
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Max
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- 4
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Length Max
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- 3
